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No. 24595375

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PIÑA FOSIL - ARAUCARIA MIRABILIS
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€ 191
268 weeks ago

PIÑA FOSIL - ARAUCARIA MIRABILIS

David Leggett

Selected by David Leggett
Araucaria mirabilis is an extinct species of coniferous tree from Patagonia, Argentina. It belongs to the section Bunya (the only living species of which Araucaria bidwillii from Australia) of the genus Araucaria. A. mirabilis is known from large quantities of well-preserved silicified wood and cones from the Square Hill petrified forest, including tree trunks which reached 100 m (330 feet) high in life. The site was buried by a volcanic eruption during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago.

No. 24595375

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PIÑA FOSIL - ARAUCARIA MIRABILIS

PIÑA FOSIL - ARAUCARIA MIRABILIS

Araucaria mirabilis is an extinct species of coniferous tree from Patagonia, Argentina. It belongs to the section Bunya (the only living species of which Araucaria bidwillii from Australia) of the genus Araucaria.

A. mirabilis is known from large quantities of well-preserved silicified wood and cones from the Square Hill petrified forest, including tree trunks which reached 100 m (330 feet) high in life. The site was buried by a volcanic eruption during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago.

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